Remoulade Sauce

This is a quick and easy version of a New Orleans favorite.
1 pint mayonnaise
2 tablespoons Creole mustard
2  tablespoons grated onion
3 tablespoons prepared horseradish
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 tablespoon white wine Worcestershire sauce
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/4 teaspoon cayenne
1/4 teaspoon hot sauce
Mix  ingredients well. Makes 21/4 cups sauce. Serve [...]

Jezebel Sauce

I get a lot of requests for the history of this sauce, and I’m sorry to say that after years of trying, I am no closer to figuring out where it came from.
You find it in cookbooks from Louisiana back to the 1950s at least, and it probably goes back farther than that.
Jezebel sauce can [...]

A great way to start the day-serve over hot biscuits
Ingredients
1 lb. hot sausage
1/2 cup flour
11/4 cup milk1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. black peppe
Crumble sausage in pan. Cook until done, about 8 minutes. Remove from heat and drain on paper. Reserve 8 tablespoons of fat. Put fat back on high heat and add flour, salt and pepper. [...]

The traditional accompaniment to country ham. Part of a well-balanced Southern Breakfast!
Add water (or black coffee) to fried ham drippings in a [...]

Yield: 5 pints
2 pounds small fresh okra
5 small hot peppers
5 cloves garlic, peeled
5 teaspoons dill seed
5 teaspoons celery seed
3 cups white vinegar
3 cups water
1/3 cup pickling salt
1/4 cup sugar
Wash okra in cold water and pat dry with paper towels.
Using manufacturer’s directions, sterilize five one-pint canning jars along with lids and rings.
Pack okra in jars, alternating [...]

You’ll find a jar of these on the counter of every country store, filling station and “Beer Joint” in the South. These are the real thing, spicy and sour!
24 eggs
6 cups Cider vinegar
2 tablespoon black peppercorns
1 tablespoon Whole allspice
1/2 tablespoon Mace
1/2 tablespoon Coriander seeds
1/2 tablespoon Cardamon seeds
1/2 tablespoon Cloves
10 Small hot red peppers
3 tablespoons [...]

Hot Pepper Jelly

This Southern classic is great served with country ham or green beans.
1/2 cup Hot Red Chiles, seeded and coarsely chopped
1/2 cup Hot green chiles, seeded and coarsely chopped
1 cup Chopped onion
1 1/2 cup Vinegar
5 cups Sugar
2 Pouches liquid pectin
PLACE THE HOT CHILES, onion and vinegar in a food processor or blender. [...]

This hot, spicy relish has been a fixture on Southern tables since at least the 1860s. Serve it with a bowl of pintos, a cake of corn bread and some sweet onion!
5 red bell peppers, diced
2 large green tomatoes, diced
2 large sweet onions, diced
1 small head cabbage, diced
1/4 cup pickling salt
3 cups sugar
2 cups [...]

Tired of cranberry sauce? This will make your turkey happy!
1 cup water
3/4 cup white sugar
1 (12 ounce) package fresh cranberries
1 cup apples - peeled, cored and diced
1 can Mandarin oranges
1/2 cup cider vinegar
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
Bring water and sugar to a boil in a [...]

Blackberry Preserves

1 pound Blackberries
1 pound Sugar
2 tablespoons Lemon juice
In a large bowl, mix together blackberries, sugar and lemon juice. Let sit, covered, for [...]